Current Affairs Quiz
1. First non-cricketer to become a member of CCI’s Legend Club is ______________
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Nandu Natekar
c) Vignesh Kumar
d) Sandeep Tomar
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Answer b) Nandu Natekar. Badminton ace Nandu Natekar has been inducted into the Legends Club, founded by the late Cricket Club of India president Raj Singh Dungarpur, as the first non-cricketer, along with 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev. The Legends Club celebrates the birthdays of Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
2. Who won International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award?
a) Ashok Kumar
b) Arun Vignesh
c) Arun Kumar
d) Aravindh
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Answer a) Ashok Kumar. A food engineering research scholar from IIT Kharagpur has won the prestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award. The award was recently given by the US-based International Plant Nutrition Institute to K Ashok Kumar, research scholar at the department of agricultural and food engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
3. Nelson Mandela statue was unveiled in ___________________
a) South Africa
b) India
c) Palestine
d) America
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Answer c) Palestine. A 20-foot tall Nelson Mandela statue was unveiled in Palestine’s Ramallah on Tuesday and the area was renamed ‘Nelson Mandela Square’. “The unveiling is going to be celebrated as a national day because the statue of Nelson Mandela unites the people of Palestine and South Africa,” officials said. The statue was a gift from the South African city of Johannesburg.
4. In which state Japanese commercial vehicle maker Isuzu Motors opened its first manufacturing facility in India?
a) Assam
b) Rajasthan
c) Punjab
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer d) Andra Pradesh. Japanese commercial vehicle maker Isuzu Motors on Wednesday opened its first manufacturing facility in India at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. The initial production capacity of the plant is 50,000 units per year which will be scaled to 1,20,000 units, the company’s President said. Isuzu had earlier committed an investment of ₹3,000 crore for the project.
5. The Ministry of Tourism has identified ____________as one of the thirteen thematic circuits for development under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.
a) Coastal Circuit
b) Buddhist Circuit
c) North East India Circuit
d) Eco Circuit
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Answer b) Buddhist Circuit. The Ministry of Tourism has launched the Swadesh Darshan scheme in the year 2014-15 with a vision to develop theme based tourist circuits on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability in an integrated manner by synergizing efforts to focus on needs and concerns of all stakeholders to enrich tourist experience and enhance employment opportunities. The Ministry has identified Buddhist Circuit as one of the thirteen thematic circuits for development under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.
6. Railways have recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with _____________________________ for developing applications in the field of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System.
a) ISRO
b) TCS
c) HCL
d) INFOSYS
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Answer a) ISRO. Railways have recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for developing applications in the field of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System.
7. Union Tourism Ministry has launched _____________________________ web portal of National Monuments Authority.
a) SOAPS
b) COAPS
c) NOAPS
d) MOAPS
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Answer c) NOAPS. Union Tourism Ministry has launched NOC Online Application and Processing System or NOAPS Web Portal of National Monuments Authority. The Portal was developed through the technology and expertise of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), who are in the process of mapping of 3686 ASI protected monuments and sites.
8. The Heart of Asia ( HoA) conference held at ______________.
a) Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c) Bangalore
d) New Delhi
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Answer d) New Delhi. The Heart of Asia (HoA) conference began on 26 April 2016 in New Delhi. The conference was attended by officials of a number of countries including Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry. Earlier, Pakistan hosted the fifth Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in Islamabad on 9 December 2015.
9. Which country is surpassing China this year in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)?
a) Japan
b) India
c) America
d) Spain
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Answer b) India. India may surpass China this year in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), as the gap in inflows between the two has been narrowing with the reforms being implemented by India, according to Japanese financial services firm Nomura.
10. Which country’s cricket association has been suspended by the International Cricket Council?
a) Cricket association of India
b) Cricket association of Nepal
c) Cricket association of Pakistan
d) Cricket association of South Africa
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Answer b) Cricket association of Nepal. The Cricket Association of Nepal has been suspended by the International Cricket Council due to a ‘vacuum of cricket leadership’ in the country and also in view of government interference in the board. The ICC Board held its second meeting of the year at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on Sunday and called for the suspension of the CAN among many other outcomes.
